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"The Matter team are consummate partners that have a unique grasp of physical, digital and increasingly fused interaction development. Combining a unique blend of creative and industrial design capabilities, Matter always contributes to unique and inspired solutions."

03.24.2016

We hear a lot about the Internet of Things on the consumer side. The oft trotted out example of the ‘smart’ refrigerator that tells consumers when they’ve run out of the milk, and so on. But more serious potential for IoT — and potentially seriously big wins — are likely to be on the enterprise side where connected sensors can be deployed to automate at scale.

Artificial intelligence meets video editing in this small device, which solves the GoPro’s biggest issue: You never know what to do with all that awesome footage. Created by San Francisco design firm Matter, the Graava has sensors that track changes in sound, acceleration, heart rate (the camera syncs to third-party monitors like the Apple Watch), and other data points while you’re filming.

Cujo is a friendly looking physical device that protects all of a smart home’s gadgets against hacks, malware, and viruses. When things are fine, the sweetly anthropomorphic Internet security bellwether appears to be resting, “eyes” closed; if trouble hits, however, its “eyes” open up and a user can be sure it’s addressing the threat.

Before sous vide machines migrated from fine dining to domestic domains, before Keurigs and "The Keurig of Xs" began cluttering countertops, and before we started pulverizing food into a textureless slurry, there was one piece of culinary tech that took America by storm: the humble crock pot.